This Chapter provides definitions of terms and phrases used in this Title that are technical or specialized, or that may not reflect common usage. If any of the definitions in this Chapter conflict with definitions in other provisions of the Municipal Code, these definitions shall control for the purposes of this Title. State law definitions, as they may be amended from time to time, control over the definitions in this Section.

Accessory Dwelling Unit. An attached or a detached dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the primary dwelling unit is situated. An accessory dwelling unit also includes an efficiency unit, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 17958.1, and a manufactured home, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 18007.

Accessory Structure. A building or structure that is subordinate to, and the use of which is incidental to, that of the main building or use on the same lot. Structures that are customarily related to a residence include, but are not limited to, garages, greenhouses, gazebos, outdoor fireplaces, patios, playground structures, storage sheds, and workshops. These structures are not counted as or containing a living area.

Accessory Use. A use customarily incidental to, subordinate to, and devoted exclusively to the primary use of the premises.

Alcoholic Beverage Sales. The sale of alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks, for on-site or off-site consumption.

Alley. A public or private way permanently dedicated or reserved as a means of access to abutting property.

Antenna. A device used for the purpose of transmitting and/or receiving wireless communication signals; does not include a satellite dish or antenna.

Antenna Structure. An antenna and its associated support structure, such as a monopole or tower.

Apartment. See "Dwelling, Multi-Family."

Auto-Related Uses. Uses which directly involve or are in association with the usage of an automobile.

Barber and Beauty Shops. See "Personal Services."

Bars and Cocktail Lounges. Premises used primarily for the dispensing of alcoholic beverages by the drink for on-site consumption.

Bed and Breakfast. A business operated in an owner-occupied residence offering short-term rental of overnight accommodations, which provides on-site breakfast service.

Bedroom. Any room in a residential unit designated as separated sleeping quarters or suitable for that purpose.

Block. All property fronting on one (1) side of a street between intersections of streets, railroad rights-of-way or city boundaries or terminated by a dead end; an intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the block on the side of the street from which it so intercepts.

Boarding, Lodging House. A building where lodging and/or meals are provided for compensation, not including rest homes.

Breezeway. A roofed structure not enclosed on more than two (2) sides attached to and connecting portions of a main building, or a portion of a main building and accessory building.

Building. A permanent structure having a roof; house trailers and other vehicles, even though permanently immobilized, shall not be deemed to be buildings.

Building Plate Height. The vertical distance measured from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the plate line of the exterior walls which is the horizontal plane where the exterior walls meet the roof rafters or trusses.

Bulk Retail Store. Bulk retail store means a retail store that handles and sells only bulky merchandise, such as furniture, household appliances, farm implements, and machinery.

Business Park. A unified office development that may also contain associated light manufacturing or commercial service uses.

Business, Retail. The retail sale of any article, substance or commodity for profit conducted within a building, but not including the sale of lumber or other building materials or the sale of used or secondhand goods or materials.

Business, Wholesale. The wholesale handling of any substance or commodity for profit but not including the handling of lumber or other building materials, or the open storage or sale of any material or commodity and not including the processing or manufacture of any product or substance.

Childcare Facility. A facility, other than a home, that provides regular care, protection, and supervision to children for a period of less than twenty-four (24) hours a day, while the parents or guardians are away.

Clinic. See "Hospitals and Clinics."

Club. An association of persons for some common nonprofit purpose, but not including groups organized primarily to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business.

Commercial Entertainment. Establishments providing entertainment and amusement services for a fee or admission charge, operating indoors or outdoors, including, but not limited to, video game arcades, miniature golf courses. This definition does not include nightclubs, theaters, or auditoriums.

Community Care Facility . A facility licensed to provide a living environment for unrelated residents who operate as the functional equivalent of a family, or in a group setting, including such supervision and care by support staff as may be necessary to meet the physical, emotional, and social needs of aged persons, physically disabled or handicapped persons, developmentally disabled persons, non-dangerous mentally ill persons, or children as defined in the appropriate statutes. Community care facilities include, but are not limited to, day care centers, group residential facilities, congregate care facilities, and residential care facilities.

Community Garden. Any piece of land (publicly or privately held) that is managed and cultivated by a group of people rather than a single family or individual. Community gardens are not managed or maintained by government agencies.

Condominium Project. A project as defined in Section 1350 of the California Civil Code; a community apartment project as defined in Section 11004 of the California Business and Professions Code; or a stock cooperative as defined in Section 110.32 of the California Business and Professions Code.

Congregate Care Facility. Establishments that provide 24-hour medical, respite, convalescent, or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness, infirmity, or disability, are unable to care for themselves on an intermediate or long-term basis. Such establishments are licensed by the State of California and include, but are not limited to, rest homes and convalescent hospitals, but not residential care facilities, hospitals, or clinics.

Small. A facility that houses six (6) or fewer persons.

Large. A facility that houses seven (7) or more persons.

Convenience Store. A retail establishment carrying a limited range of food and merchandise items primarily servicing travelers' shopping needs.

Day Care Centers. Establishments providing nonmedical care for persons on a less than 24-hour basis other than in a family day care home (see Day Care, Large Family and/or Day Care Small Family). This classification includes nursery schools, preschools, and day-care facilities for children or adults, and any other day-care facility licensed by the State of California.

Day Care, Large Family. State-licensed facilities that provide nonmedical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours within a single-family dwelling. The occupant of the residence provides care and supervision for between nine (9) and up to fourteen (14) children, when specific conditions are met in accordance with California Health and Safety Code section 1597.465.

Day Care, Small Family. State-licensed facilities that provide nonmedical care and supervision of minor children for periods of less than twenty-four (24) hours within a single-family dwelling. The occupant of the residence provides care and supervision for up to eight or fewer children, when specific conditions are met in accordance with California Health and Safety Code section 1597.44.

dBA (A-Weighted Decibels). The standard A-weighted frequency response of a sound level meter, which de-emphasizes low and high frequencies of sound in a manner similar to the human ear for moderate sounds.

Drive-Through Facility. Any portion of a building or development intended to allow service direct from the building through a window, kiosk, or automated delivery system to vehicle occupants. Such facilities include but are not limited to food service windows, automatic teller machines, or similar service systems.

Dwelling. A structure or portion thereof designed for residential occupancy, which provides complete independent living facilities for one (1) or more persons. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the primary dwelling unit is situated.

Dwelling, Condominium. A building, or group of buildings, in which dwelling units, offices, or floor area are owned individually, and the structure, common areas, and facilities are owned by all the owners on a proportional, undivided basis.

Dwelling, Duplex. A single building on a lot that contains two (2) dwelling units or two (2) single-unit dwellings on the same lot. Duplex does not include a single-family dwelling with an accessory dwelling unit on the same lot, which is an accessory residential unit as defined by State law and this Title (see Accessory Dwelling Unit).

Dwelling, Mixed-Use Residential Component. A residential building or dwelling unit located within a development that combines residential uses with commercial uses such as offices, manufacturing, retail, public, or entertainment uses.

Dwelling, Multi-Family. A single building on a lot that contains three (3) or more dwelling units, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Dwelling, Single-Family. A single building on a lot that contains one (1) residential unit and may be detached or attached to neighboring units through vertical party walls or carports or garages.

Emergency Shelter. Housing, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 50801, with minimal supportive services for families or individuals experiencing homelessness, where occupancy is limited to one hundred eighty (180) days or less. Medical assistance, counseling, and meals may be provided.

Employee Housing. Living quarters including dwellings, railroad maintenance cars, trailer coaches, or other housing accommodations maintained in connection with any work or place where work is being performed and the site on which they are located, excepting farm employee housing as defined in this Section.

Exhibit Halls and Convention Centers. A facility for holding events or exhibitions. This may include large auditorium-style seating as well as numerous meeting rooms of various sizes.

Farmworker Housing. Living accommodations for employees and their immediate families employed for the exclusive purpose of agricultural pursuits either on the premises or off-site. It includes single- or multi-unit dwellings, including mobile homes.

Fleet Vehicle Storage. Outdoor storage yards for groups of motor vehicles owned or leased by a business, government agency, or other organization other than an individual or family.

Financial Services. Bank or financial institution.

Food Bank. A facility, operated as not-for-profit, which distributes food.

Foot-Candles. A unit of illumination equal to that given by a source of one (1) candela at a distance of one (1) foot.

Frontage. The linear length of any portion of a parcel or building facing any adjacent public street.

Funeral Homes and Mortuaries. A building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial or cremation and the display of the deceased and ritual connected therewith before burial or cremation.

Government Facility. Offices and support facilities for any seat of any federal, state, county or local agency, or special district providing services to the general population.

Grocery Store. See "Market."

Group Residential Facilities. Shared living quarters without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit, offered for rent for permanent or semi-transient residents on a weekly or longer basis. Facilities are typically licensed by the State of California. This classification includes clean and sober living facilities, other types of organizational housing, private residential clubs, and farmworker housing, but excludes bed and breakfasts, dormitories, fraternity and sorority houses, boarding homes, rest homes, hotels, motels, and residential care facilities.

Small. A facility that houses six (6) or fewer persons.

Large. A facility that houses seven (7) or more persons.

Guest Living Quarter. A building, generally detached from a primary building, which contains no cooking facilities, and which is used principally for temporarily housing members of the household and their nonpaying guests. A guest living quarter is not an accessory dwelling unit.

Home Occupations. A commercial or service activity conducted at a dwelling, incidental and accessory to the residential use of the dwelling, which does not change the character of the dwelling or surrounding area by generating more traffic, noise, odor, or storage of material than would normally be associated with a residential use.

Hospitals and Clinics. State-licensed facilities providing medical, surgical, psychiatric, or emergency medical services to sick or injured persons. This classification includes facilities for inpatient or outpatient treatment, including substance-abuse programs as well as training, research, and administrative services for patients and employees. This classification excludes animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.

Clinics. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an out-patient basis including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, administration, and related services to patients who are not lodged overnight. Services may be available without a prior appointment. This classification includes licensed facilities such as blood banks and plasma centers, and emergency medical services offered exclusively on an out-patient basis. This classification does not include private medical and dental offices that typically require appointments and are usually smaller scale. This classification includes substance abuse treatment and recovery programs which are not residential in nature and which exclusively administer counseling services.

Hospitals. A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical services for sick or injured persons primarily on an in-patient basis, and including ancillary facilities for outpatient and emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, research, administration, and services to patients, employees, or visitors.

Hotel. A lodging facility offering transient accommodations to the general public, typically on a less than monthly basis, and which may provide additional services, such as restaurants, meeting rooms, and recreational facilities.

Improved Surface. A surface improved with a material that may be permeable or impermeable, including asphalt, concrete, decomposed granite, pavers, pea gravel, or similar and as approved by the City Engineer.

Integrated Shopping Center. Integrated shopping center means a combination of three (3) or more commercial establishments for which building area, off-street parking, off-street loading, landscaping, other features are developed, managed, and maintained as if a single unit.

Junk. Any scrap metals, papers, lumber, old vehicle parts or machinery, or other scrap materials, and also bicycles, automobiles, other vehicles or machinery, dismantled or wrecked, and similar items ordinarily classified as junk, regardless of whether the materials are being held for sale or storage.

Junk Yards. The use of any lot or parcel of land for outside storage of any used or secondhand materials, including but not limited to lumber, auto parts, household appliances, pipe, drums, machinery, or furniture.

Kennel. Any building, structure, enclosure, or premises whereupon, or within which, five (5) or more dogs, four (4) months of age or older, are kept or maintained.

Laundry, Dry Cleaner and Tailoring. Retail location providing dry cleaning, washing, and/or drying of clothing, bedding, and other similar items. Services are limited to drop off and pick up, no self-service is permitted. Includes dry cleaners and tailors. laundromats.

Laundry, Self-Service. Retail location providing self-service machines for the washing and/or drying of clothing, bedding, and other similar items. Includes laundromats.

Liquor Store. Establishments that sell primarily sell alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, or liquor, to the public for profit. Liquor stores may include other minor incidental sales.

Lot. Any parcel of real property approved by a record of survey, plat, parcel map, subdivision map, or certificate of compliance, or any parcel legally created or established pursuant to the applicable zoning or subdivision regulations in effect prior to the effective date of application of this Code to such parcel.

Lot Line. A line of record bounding a lot that divides the lot from another lot or from a public or private street or any other public space.

Manufactured Home. A factory-built structure that is manufactured or constructed under authority of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5401, et seq.), and/or California law and is to be used as a place for human habitation. The structure is manufactured either in whole or in substantial part at an off-site location, transported to the site, assembled on-site, and placed on a permanent foundation. For the purpose of this Development Code, a manufactured home shall be considered the same as any site-built, single-family detached dwelling. Manufactured home is not inclusive of a mobile home unless the mobile home has been converted to real property and is taxed as a site-built dwelling.

Manufacturing, Animal Processing. A facility used in the slaughter of domestic livestock for food or for the conversion of waste animal tissue into stable, usable materials.

Manufacturing, Food. A facility combining raw food ingredients to produce packaged food products that can be easily prepared and served by the consumer. Examples include parboiling, cooking, canning, bottling, freezing, or other methods to provide shelf-stable or freezer commodities for sale for human consumption. This classification does not include the processing of animals (see Manufacturing, Animal Processing).

Manufacturing, Handcraft. On-site production, within an enclosed structure, of goods by hand manufacturing that involves the use of hand-tools and small-scale, light mechanical equipment (e.g., drills and saws; hammers and chisels; paint brushes and sprayers; pottery wheels and kilns; sewing machines; spinning wheels; welding) and that has no negative external impacts on surrounding properties. Handcraft manufacturing also includes the incidental direct sale to consumers of those goods produced on-site

Manufacturing, Heavy. Industrial uses which have high potential for external impacts on the surrounding area in terms of noise, vibration, odor, hours of operation, and traffic and may include the following: manufacturing of acetylene, cement, lime, gypsum or plaster-of-Paris, chlorine, corrosive acid or fertilizer, insecticides, disinfectants, poisons, explosives, paint, lacquer, varnish, petroleum products, coal products, plastic and synthetic resins, and radioactive materials. This also includes biomass energy conversion, chemical manufacturing, animal food manufacturing, petrochemical tank farms, gasification plants, smelting, animal slaughtering, oil refining, asphalt and concrete plants, and tanneries. This classification does not include rendering.

Manufacturing, Light. Any manufacturing, storage, and/or distribution that does not include hazardous wastes. This classification includes manufacturing finished parts or products primarily from previously prepared materials; commercial laundries; monument works; printing, engraving, and publishing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; furniture and related product manufacturing; food packaging not including processing of any food materials; and industrial services. This classification may also include the manufacturing of products from extracted or raw materials or recycled or secondary materials, or bulk storage and handling of such products and materials; production apparel manufacturing; photographic processing plants; leather and allied product manufacturing; wood product manufacturing; paper manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing; primary metal manufacturing; and fabricated metal product manufacturing. This classification does not include recycling or rendering.

Market. Retail sales of food and beverages for off-site preparation and consumption. Markets may also sell common household products such as cleaning supplies and home goods, incidental to the sale of food and beverages.

Large. Greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

Small. Less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

Corner. Less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet.

Massage Establishment. See "Personal Services."

Mobile Home Park. Any area or tract of land where two (2) or more lots are rented or leased, held out for rent or lease, or were formerly held out for rent or lease and later converted to a subdivision, cooperative, condominium, or other form of resident ownership, to accommodate mobile homes used for human habitation.

Motel. An establishment providing transient sleeping accommodations with most rooms having direct access to the outside without the necessity of passing through the main lobby of the building.

Nightclubs. An establishment dispensing liquor with or without meals and in which music, dancing, or entertainment is featured.

Noncommercial Antenna. An antenna for which its use is not intended for commercial purposes.

Nursery/Garden Center. Establishments whose primary sales include retailing nursery and garden products—such as trees, shrubs, plants, seeds, bulbs, and sod—that are predominantly grown elsewhere. These establishments may sell a limited amount of a product they grow themselves. Fertilizer and soil products are stored and sold in package form only. This classification includes wholesale and retail nurseries offering plants for sale.

Office, Business Park. An area of land specifically designed to accommodate a concentration of business offices, warehouses, and light industry.

Office, Medical. Office use providing consultation, diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, or corrective personal treatment services by doctors, dentists, medical and dental laboratories, and similar practitioners of medical and healing arts for humans licensed for such practice by the State of California. Incidental medical and/or dental research within the office is considered part of the office use, where it supports the on-site patient services.

Office, Professional. Offices of firms or organizations providing professional, executive, management, or administrative services, such as accounting, architectural, computer software design, engineering, graphic design, interior design, legal offices, and tax preparation offices.

Outdoor Storage. The keeping, in an unenclosed area, of any goods, junk, material, merchandise or vehicles in the same place.

Parcel. See "Lot."

Park and Ride. A place where transfer between modes of transportation takes place.

Parking Lot. An off-street, ground-level open area, usually improved, for the temporary storage of motor vehicles.

Parking Spaces. A paved area used exclusively for the parking of motor vehicles that is accessible by such vehicles to and from an improved street or alley.

Pergola. Pergola shall mean a covered area, which is not attached to a primary or accessory structure. The pergola may be partially enclosed on all sides. Partially enclosed for purposes of this definition shall mean that at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the side is transparent.

Personal Services. Provision of recurrently needed services of a personal nature, including barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, and massage establishments.

Playground Structure. A structure constructed or erected located on the ground or attached to the ground for the purpose of children's play typically including such features as swings, slides and horizontal and vertical bars for support and for children to climb and play on.

Porch. Porch shall mean a covered area, which is attached to a primary or accessory structure. The porch may be partially enclosed on all sides not attached to the house. Partially enclosed for purposes of this definition shall mean that at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the side is transparent.

Primary Building. A building in which the principal use is conducted.

Primary Use. The principal or predominant use of any lot or parcel.

Public Utility Service Yard. An area for the storage of public utility vehicles and material and office facilities for maintenance and construction personnel.

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Recreation Facilities, Active. Facilities specifically designed for leisure-time activities, usually of a formal nature and often performed with others, requiring equipment and taking place at prescribed places, sites, or fields.

Recreation Facilities, Passive. Facilities designed for leisure time activities that involve relatively inactive or less energetic leisure, such as walking, sitting, picnicking, card games, chess, and other table games.

Recreational Vehicle. A vehicle which is either:

A.

A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational, emergency or other occupancy, that meets all of the following criteria:

1.

It contains less than three hundred twenty (320) square feet of internal living room area, excluding built-in equipment, including but not limited to wardrobe, closets, cabinets, kitchen units or fixtures, and bath or toilet rooms.

2.

It contains four hundred (400) square feet or less of gross area measured at maximum horizontal projection.

3.

It is built on a single chassis.

4.

It is self-propelled, truck-mounted or permanently towable on the highways without a permit.

B.

A park trailer, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 18009.3.

Recycling Collection Facilities. An attended facility for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public.

Recycling Facilities, Reverse Vending Machine. An automated mechanical device which accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers and issues a cash refund or other type of redemption bonus. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine.

Recycling Processing Facilities A facility for the collection and processing of recyclable material. Processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing.

Research and Development. A facility for scientific research and the design, development, and testing of electrical, electronic, magnetic, optical, pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology components and products in advance of product manufacturing. Includes assembly of related products from parts produced off-site where the manufacturing activity is secondary to the research and development activities.

Residential Care Facilities. Facilities that are licensed by the State of California to provide permanent living accommodations and 24-hour primarily nonmedical care and supervision for persons in need of personal services, supervision, protection, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living. Living accommodations are shared living quarters with or without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes facilities that are operated for profit as well as those operated by public or not-for-profit institutions, including hospices, nursing homes, convalescent facilities, assisted living facilities, and group homes for minors, persons with disabilities and people in recovery from alcohol or drug addictions. This use classification excludes transitional housing and social service facilities.

Small. A facility providing care for six (6) or fewer persons.

Large. A facility providing care for more than six (6) persons.

Elderly. A housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by the resident or by the resident's guardian, conservator, or other responsible person; where residents are sixty (60) years of age or older; and where varying levels of care and supervision are provided as agreed to at the time of admission or as determined necessary at subsequent times of reappraisal. This classification includes continuing care retirement communities and life care communities licensed for residential care by the State of California.

Restaurant with Alcohol Sales. Restaurants providing food and beverage services, including the sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. Takeout or delivery service may be provided. This use includes micro-breweries where the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages are subordinate to on-site food service.

Restaurant without Alcohol Sales. Restaurants providing food and beverage services without the sales of alcoholic beverages. Food and beverages may be consumed on the premises, taken out, or delivered. This classification also includes catering businesses or bakeries that have a storefront retail component.

Retail Sales. The selling of goods or merchandise, not specifically listed under another land use, to the general public for personal or household consumption and rendering of services incidental to the sale of goods.

Bulk. See "Bulk Retail Store."

General Retail. Establishments that sell goods or merchandise to the public for profit. General retail stores may include specialized retail stores (see Retail, Specialized) but does not include adult businesses, medical marijuana dispensaries, or secondhand stores.

Second-Hand Stores. Retail establishment that accepts donated goods, or buys and sells used products, including books, clothing, furniture and household goods, jewelry, appliances, musical instruments, business machines and office equipment, tools, motors, machines, instruments, firearms, or any similar secondhand articles or objects.

Specialized Retail. Establishments that sell goods or merchandise to the public for profit but that are focused exclusively on a limited line of related products and incidental repair of those products. Examples include, but are not limited to, bicycle shops, flower shops, bookstores, and music stores.

Rooming House. See "Boarding, Lodging House."

Salon and Spa. See "Personal Services."

Salvage and Wrecking. Towing, storage and dismantling of vehicles and equipment for sale of parts, as well as their collection, storage, exchange, or sale of goods including, but not limited to, any used building materials, used containers or steel drums, used tires, and similar or related articles or property.

Schools, Trade or Vocational. Any school licensed by the state, authorized to award diplomas for secondary (post high school level) education.

Schools, Private. Any building or group of buildings the use of which meets state requirements for elementary, secondary, or higher education and which use does not secure a major part of its funding from any governmental agency.

Schools, Public. An institution conducting academic instruction at the preschool, elementary school, junior high school, high school, or college level.

Self-Storage. A storage facility in which individual units are rented to the public as well as long term parking/storage of RVs and boats. The term includes mini-storage and mini-warehouse.

Setback Line. A line governing the placement of buildings and improvements with respect to streets, access easements, alleys and adjoining properties.

Short Term Rentals. A transient vacation rental or use in which overnight accommodations are provided in dwelling units to guests for compensation, for periods of less than thirty (30) days.

Single Room Occupancy (SRO). A residential facility containing housing units that may have individual or shared kitchen and/or bathroom facilities and are guest rooms or efficiency units as defined by the California Health and Safety Code. Each housing unit is offered on a monthly rental basis or longer.

Small Cell Attachments. An unstaffed facility, excluding a satellite dish antenna, that consists of a base station which provides wireless device, data and/or image transmission within a designated service area ad may consist of a low-powered access node with no more than five (5) watts of transmitter output power per antenna channel, and may not be larger than a maximum height of three (3) feet and a maximum width of two (2) feet.

Smoke Shops and Hookah Lounges (non-marijuana). A commercial establishment, whether enclosed, indoor or outdoor, designated specifically for the use of hookahs.

Solar Facilities, Large/Commercial. A solar facility which is developed for purposes of generating solar power for purchase or sale. Power generated from such fields is supplied to an electric distribution system for use by a utility service or energy provider with electric energy for wholesale or retail sale or use. A commercial solar field can be one (1) of several solar technologies including but not limited to concentrating solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV) or concentrating photovoltaics (CPV).

Solar Facilities, Non-commercial. A solar facility designed to provide electricity directly to a non-residential user on the same site, where the system may be either ground- or roof-mounted.

Solar Facilities, Residential. A solar facility designed to provide electricity directly to a residential user on the same site, where the system is roof-mounted and integrated into the building design or ground-mounted.

Stairways. One (1) or more flights of stairs providing access to pass from one (1) level of a building to another.

Storage Yard. Storage of commercial goods or materials in open lots. Does not include storage of chemicals, minerals, motor vehicles or RVs.

Storage, Chemical and Mineral. Storage of hazardous materials including, but not limited to, bottled gas, chemicals, minerals and ores, petroleum or petroleum-based fuels, and fireworks.

Storage, RV and Motor Vehicle. The long-term outdoor storage of recreational vehicles or personal automobiles. This does not include the use of such vehicles for recreation or overnight camping. This does include towing yards.

Street. A public or private thoroughfare that affords principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue, place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare, except an alley as herein defined.

Street Property Line. That property line common to the street right-of-way or access easement.

Structural Alteration. Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls, columns, beams or girders, and floor joists, ceiling joists or roof rafters, but not restricted to those mentioned above.

Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires locating on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.

Structure. See "Building."

Studios, Fine Arts. An establishment that provides facilities for the learning, practice, or display of fine arts, including dance, photography, sculpture, art, or music.

Studio, Health and Fitness. An establishment that provides exercise facilities for use on-site.

Supportive Housing. Permanent rental housing occupied by the target population, as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 50675.14, which are linked to a range of support services designed to enable residents to maintain stable housing, improve their health status, and maximize their ability to live and work in the community. Supportive dwelling units do not limit length of stay.

Swap Meet, Permanent. Any approved location on private property, either indoor or outdoor, where new or used goods or secondhand personal property is offered for sale or exchange to the general public by a multitude of individual licensed vendors. The term swap meet is interchangeable with and applicable to flea markets, auctions, open air markets, or other similarly named or labeled activities.

Tandem Parking. Two (2) parking spaces located such that one (1) of the spaces serves as the only access to the other space and when occupied, blocks vehicular access to the other space.

Telecommunication Facilities. Equipment and structures constructed in support of wireless communication or antenna structures. Support facilities may include, but are not limited to, vaults, equipment rooms, utilities and equipment enclosures.

Tree, Large. A tree whose mature height is greater than forty-five (45) feet and is at least one and one-half (1.5) inches in diameter, measured at six (6) inches above ground level.

Tree, Medium. A tree whose mature height is between twenty-five (25) and forty-five (45) feet and is at least one and one-quarter (1.25) inch in diameter, measured at six (6) inches above ground level.

Tree, Small. A tree whose mature height is less than twenty-five (25) feet and is at least one (1) inch in diameter, measured at six (6) inches above ground level. Two (2) small trees shall count as a medium tree.

Transitional Housing. Dwelling units configured as rental housing, operated under program requirements that call for the termination of assistance and recirculation of the assisted unit to another eligible program recipient at some predetermined future point in time, which shall be no less than six (6) months from the beginning of assistance.

Truck Stops. A roadside facility, usually at the side of a major highway, where truckers may stop for fuel. These facilities may often include accommodations for eating, sleeping, bathing, and the purchase of common retail items.

Truck Storage. A facility where trucks may be parked or stored during the day or overnight where no goods are transferred. Truck storage facilities may also provide for charging areas.

Trucking Terminals. A terminating point where goods are transferred from a truck to a storage area or to another form of transportation.

Utility. The generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity, gas, communications, and water; the collection and treatment of sewage and solid waste.

Vehicle Repair, Major. A facility which provides heavy repair of vehicles and/or trucks, including, but not limited to, body and fender repair, automotive painting, transmission and/or engine rebuilding, or other repair services which include the removal of major automotive mechanical components of a vehicle.

Vehicle Repair, Minor. A facility which provides light repair of vehicles and/or light trucks, including but not limited to engine tune-up, oil change, brake repair and replacement, muffler replacement, and the sale and/or installation of tires, batteries, and accessories.

Vehicle Sales. A facility for the display and sale of new or used automobiles, light trucks, vans, trailers or recreation vehicles and including any vehicle preparation or repair work conducted as an accessory use in designated buildings.

Vehicle Leasing and Rental. A business whose primary purpose is to provide vehicles to serve customer transportation needs. Such vehicles may include automobiles, trucks, bicycles, motorcycles, trailers, and/or recreational vehicles.

Veterinary Clinics and Animal Hospitals. A place where animals are given medical care and where the boarding of animals is limited to short-term care incidental to the medical care.

Warehousing, Wholesale and Distribution Establishments. Indoor storage and sales of goods to other firms for resale; storage of goods for transfer to retail outlets of the same firm; or storage and sale of materials and supplies used in production or operation, including janitorial and restaurant supplies. Wholesalers are primarily engaged in business-to-business sales but may sell to individual consumers through mail or internet orders. They normally operate from a warehouse or office having little or no display of merchandise and are not designed to solicit walk-in traffic.

Waste. Refuse and recyclable materials.

Wireless Telecommunication Facilities. A land use that sends and/or receives radio frequency signals, including antennas, microwave dishes or horns, structures or towers to support receiving and/or transmitting devices, accessory development and structures. For the purposes of this Code, "wireless telecommunication facilities" shall refer to the non-broadcast services identified in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Telecommunication Act of 1996, as amended. Non-broadcast services require special equipment for transmissions and/or reception and serve specific users. Such services include commercial wireless CRS (Cellular Radiotelephone Services), ESMR (Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio Service), PCS (Personal Communication Services), fixed-point microwave and satellite services, private land mobile radio services, public safety radio systems and amateur users. Commercial radio and television systems are considered "broadcast services" and shall not be included in this definition.

Wireless Telecommunication Service Providers. The private entity that is responsible for providing wireless telecommunication to the general public or that owns or operates a wireless telecommunication facility. Includes a company which owns the facilities and leases them to a wireless telecommunication service provider. Shall also mean "telecommunication service provider."

Wireless Communication Facilities. Facilities that send and/or receive personal wireless communication signals, including, but not limited, to antennas, microwave dishes or horns, antenna structures, towers, equipment enclosures and the land upon which they are all situated, but not including satellite antennas. Wireless communication facilities are classified as follows:

Concealed Wireless Communication Facilities. Facilities blended into the environment so as not to be seen at all or, if seen, not to be recognized as wireless communication facilities; also called "stealth." Concealed wireless communication facilities include, but are not limited to, architecturally screened roof-mounted facilities, facade-mounted design feature facilities, clock tower facilities and entry statement signage facilities.

Disguised Wireless Communication Facilities. Facilities designed and sited so as to be minimally visually intrusive. Disguised wireless communication facilities include, but are not limited to, disguised palm trees (monopalms), disguised pine trees (monopines), disguised ball field light poles, disguised water towers, disguised streetlights, disguised electric utility poles, suspended wire antennas and painted poles located within a grove of live trees.

Co-located Wireless Communication Facilities. Facilities owned by one (1) wireless communication service provider that are attached to facilities owned by a different wireless communication service provider or facilities owned by another utility, such as an electric utility tower.

Other Wireless Communication Facilities. Facilities that are not concealed, disguised or co-located.

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Zoning Map. The map or maps that are a part of a zoning ordinance that delineate the boundaries of zone districts.